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Languages of Memory: A South Sound Japanese American Day of Remembrance

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Join us for a free community program commemorating the 80th anniversary of the wartime eviction of more than 700 Japanese American people from Tacoma on May 17 and 18, 1942.

Tacoma Arts Live is partnering with writer and public historian Tamiko Nimura and WSHS to present “Languages of Memory: A South Sound Japanese American Day of Remembrance” at the Washington State History Museum.

No registration is needed and the program is free. Entrance to the History Museum begins at 5:45 p.m.

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